Carl Gustafson
Home Town: Eureka, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl Gustafson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8 – 9, 1918. Engaged as runner, Private Gustafson constantly carried messages through a sector which was under intense shell and machine- gun fire and infested with sniper fire.